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Just suppose for a moment that every fact reported to us by others…
Quote byRobert Chambers · 1802–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Testimony: its Posture in the Scientific World (1859), p. 7.
English (original)
Just suppose for a moment that every fact reported to us by others were viewed in the light of the skeptical system, as to the fallaciousness of the senses and the tendency to self-deception. Should we not from that moment be at a stand-still in all the principal movements of our lives?
— Robert Chambers
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